Agree the blackness could also be due to a torch. Last time at Orvis Manchester their gunsmith Jordan Smith showed me a Parker frame that had been exposed to a torch in a clumsy attempt to give some color to a worn out fame. The repointing of the checkering looks as old as yesterday.A nice shooter but I don't think it was a loss not to have bid. Nicer Parker's have been offered on this site at a much better value and you are not dealing with an unknown. Andy
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